Two villages have Hertfordshire's best full fibre coverage

Two rural villages have the best ultrafast broadband coverage in Hertfordshire, Openreach has revealed.

The UK’s biggest wholesale network provider has revealed the locations in the county with the highest levels of full fibre coverage.

In Colney Heath and nearby London Colney, more than nine out of every 10 homes and businesses are able to upgrade to ultrafast, ultra-reliable broadband through a provider of their choice on the Openreach network. 

Chorleywood ranks second, with around eight out of every 10 properties able to access full fibre. Park Street, Rickmansworth and Baldock round off the top five locations.

More than 60 per cent homes and businesses throughout Hertfordshire are now able to upgrade to full fibre through Openreach.

Despite the new network reaching more than 335,000 properties, thousands of people are missing out on better broadband services, as just 32 per cent of those who could upgrade to full fibre having done so.

Kieran Wines, Openreach Partnership Director, said: “Our amazing engineers and build partners have done a wonderful job to help us reach this milestone.

“This full fibre upgrade is a huge boost for Hertfordshire. We’re adopting a balanced build, bringing ultrafast speeds to the region’s biggest towns as well as the most rural communities.

“People in the county should visit the Openreach website to see if they can upgrade to full fibre already or see when we’re coming to their area.”

Anyone wanting to see if they can upgrade can go to Openreach fibre checker to register for updates and check their postcode to see if services are available from their chosen provider. They can then contact their provider to upgrade.

The Openreach network offers the widest choice of providers, such as BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone and Zen, which means people have lots of choice and can shop for the best deals.